Film still: DRIES
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DRIES
An intimate portrait of the Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten. This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Master Fashion Designer who, for more than 25 years, has remained independent in a landscape of fashion consolidation and globalization. Reiner Holzemer follows him for one year and witnesses the creation of four collections.
Documentary, 90 | 52 min. (2016)
A RH Film, co-produced by Aminata Productions and RTBF, Télévision belge, in association with ARTE G.E.I.E. - VRT - Canvas.
Language versions: English, German, French, Flemish.
Supported by Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and VOO.
FESTIVAL INVITATIONS
2017
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen (World premiere)
Denmark
2017
Docville, Leuven
Belgium
2017
Moritz Feed Dog, Barcelona
Spain
2017
Int. Dok Film Festival Munich (German premiere)
Germany
2017
DocAviv, Tel Aviv
Israel
2017
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
England
2017
Sydney Film Festival
Australia
2017
AFI Silverdocs
United States
PRESS
ELLE US
19.03.2024
Dries Van Noten is waving Goodbye to the Runway
"The most screen time he’s had was in Reiner Holzemer’s 2017 documentary Dries, which might well be the slow TV of fashion documentaries. Rather than try to paint a portrait of pre-show drama or financial woes, it showcased his quiet life and his beloved home and garden outside Antwerp."
Paper Magazine
30.03.2017
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"Personally I think the film was most successful showing Dries in his element with all his little quirks: in his house and walking in his garden, in meetings at the studio, hanging out with Patrick, or those little moments backstage at the shows, says Spencer Phipps, creative director of PHIPPS INTERNATIONAL and former menswear designer at Dries van Noten, who appears in the film.